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USGS us1000h5eg

2 Oct 2018, 00:59

99 km S of Waingapu, Indonesia

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 29 km depth.

Depth29 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 99 km S of Waingapu, Indonesia?

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-10.558500, 120.242400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000h5eg
Coordinates
-10.5585, 120.2424
Network
us
Significance
554